Even Isaac Newton couldn't predict the market

I can calculate the motions of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people - Isaac Newton

When Isaac Newton was 77, he invested in a company called "South Sea Company" that claimed they were shipping enslaved Africans. It turned out to be a Ponzi scheme that dealt with Government Bonds and was only called that to attract more investors and he ended up losing a third of his wealth.[^1]

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